"Kay Thompson's Eloise" THOMPSON, Kay (INSCRIBED) Autobiographies French couturier Paul Poiret (1879–1944)

French couturier Paul Poiret (1879–1944) is known for liberating women from corsets and introducing pantaloons into their wardrobes

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"Kay Thompson's Eloise" THOMPSON, Kay (INSCRIBED) Autobiographies French couturier Paul Poiret (1879–1944)THOMPSON, Kay Inscribed on FFEP: For Doug w all good wishes and affection by Hilary & Eloise [65] pp. Simon & Schuster Ninth Printing 11 1 4" x 8" Front flap w price $3. 95 price non clipped *closed 'arch' 4" tear to lower back panel of jacket* Meet Eloise, the precocious darling of the Plaza Hotel! Eloise is a little girl who lives at The Plaza Hotel in New York. She is not yet pretty but she is already a Person. Henry James would want to study her.